Metallic tie.



J. P. ZIMMERMAN METALLIC TIE.

APPLIGATloi; rILED 00131, 1914.

'1,131,588 Patented Mang, 1915.

` JF Zimmer/22022, m" Lows Z y 4 v n a citizen of 4the United States, residing at` arianne refinar creren.

KUHN FREDERICK ZIMMERMAN,' OF 'WAYNESBOBQ PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE.

Specillcation of Letters I'atent.

To et? wom iii-'indy concern.' I

Be it known that I, JOHN F. ZrMMERMAN,

Waynesboro,l in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, .have invented new and useful vImprovements in Metallic Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in metallic ties' for railway rails.

In carrying out myA invention VI propose to construct a metal tie which shall be rolled por molded in a single strip and which shall include rail seats which are .elevated from the body of the tie, said'railseats being provided with .ribs or upstanding side members tojengag'e' with the longitudinal edges of the base'danges of the rails to prevent the lateral movement of said rails upon the ties, suitable securing elements being provided for retaining the rails upon the seats.

It is a still further object of the invention to Provide a metal tie having its body p01- 'tion corru ated transversely so that the same Viwill e firmly embedded within the roadbedl and also to impart sufficient resiliency to' elevate the rail seats formed with the body, so tliat danger of breakage of the tie will be effectively obviated, and also whereby the ties will be prevented from movement in the roadbed.

With the above and'other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling withinthe scope of the appended claims.

lln the drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating rails supported upon ties constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line"2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail per spective view of one of the ties.

.The ties 1 are provided, adjacent their ends, with elevated rail seats V2, the said seats being horizontally straight and having their outer edges formed with upturned members or ribs 3 which engage with the opl posits longitudinal edges of the base anges 10, the said Shanks passing through suitable openings in the said clips and receive securing nuts 11. The clips are, of course, provided with rail engaging lips 12, the said lips contacting with the upper faces of the base fianges of the rails and'having their ends engaging with the webs of said rails.

The seats 2, from the outer edges of their webs are inclined downwardly at opposite angles to the body of the tie, as indicated by the numerals 13 and 14, and the body of the tie, including the central portion 15 and the ends 16 thereof are of a wavy construction, or are corrugated, the convex portions of the waves or corrugations being indicated by the numerals 17 and the intersecting Aor connecting concaved portions being indicated by the numerals 18, the said concaved and lconvexed portions extending laterally of the tie. The inclined portions 13 and 14 may also be corrugated, and preferably the same are not only inclined but rounded to the central portion 15 and the ends 16 of the said tie.

By an arrangement as above described, it willbe noted that the wavy or corrugated portions of the tie will bereadily embedded in the i'oadbed for the ties, preventing the said ties from moving either laterally or longitudinally. It will ,be also noted. that the natural resiliency of the metal tie and the peculiar constructionthereof will permit of the said tie yielding sufficiently when under the weight of the rolling stock passing over the rails to prevent breakage of the tie or injury to the rails.

From the vabove description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be per fectly apparent 'to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A tie formed from a strip of metal including elevated rail seats, the ends of which being inclined in'opposite directions to the .body of the tie, and the said body having patenten naine, isis.'

metal plate including horizontally straight rail seats provided with spaced ribs, the said seats being curved in-opposite directions to the central portion of the body and to the ends of the tie, and the said body and ends being corrugated transversely. y

4. A tie formed from a rolled strip of metal provided with horizontally straight elevated rail seats,th`e said seats having their longitudinal edges formed with upstanding ribs, the ribs being provided withthe'lower walls of the central depressions, depressions being provided with openings, and the said openings communicating with the pockets arranged vupon the underface of JOHN- FREDERICK ZIllldERMAN.

iny signature Witnesses: y

ZELLA BAmvrrz,l JOHN A. Po'r'rER. 

